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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XIV, Number 8
Goldsboro, N. C„ May 30, 1941
Fifty Cents Per Year
Narrative Program To Relate Outlook of Seniors
Wednesday Night at 8 as 150 Receive Diplomas
SPEAKER
Weil Scholarship Prize and Royall Essay
Prize to Be Awarded; Kirby Hart to
Present Class Gift.
As a finale to their high school
activities approximately 150 seniors
will be awarded their diplomas at
the Commencement exercises Wed
nesday night, June 4.
A narrative will be presented, tell
ing the thoughts and feelings of the
seniors at this time in their lives.
Out from the dark,'^ bare stage will
come a voice, introducing the sub
ject, “We, the Graduates, Speak.”
Eleven seniors will appear, one at
the time, in a spotlight as they tell
their thoughts concerning the fu
ture.
Those who have helped to write
the commencement program and
who may participate in its presen
tation are: Hope Pate, Lessie Mal
lard, David Andrews, Sally Sanborn,
Dolores West, Helen Wooten, Eliza
beth Mayo, Harry Ward, Tom Dam-
eron, Earl Layton, Marie Belk, WaL
ter Hicks, Norwood Rouse, and Min
nie Louise Stith. Miss Gordner has
advised this group in their writing,
and Mrs. White is assisting her in
staging the narrative.
The Weil scholarship prizes, given
to the boy and to the girl with
the highest average above- 90, and
the Royall Essay prize, given by
Mr. George Royall, to the_ senior
writing the best original essay, will
be awarded.
Kirby Hart, senior class presi
dent, will present the senior gift,
which will be accepted by Principal
J. W. Gaddy, Jr.
Susan Mooring will sing “Hom
ing” and George Williams, “The
Rosary” during the exercises. Just
before the recessional the seniors
will sing their original farewell
song, with the words and music
both by Bobbie Helms.
“The March of the Priests” by
Mendelssohn will be used for the
processional, and “Pomp and Cir
cumstance” by Elgar, will be the
recessional. Bobbie Helms will play
both marches.
4 Faculty Members
Work For M. A.
Ten members of the GHS faculty
will attend summer school during
the next three months.
Four will work toward their mas
ter’s degree, one at Columbia Uni
versity in New York and three at
Wake Forest; six will attend the
Central Conference of Southern
Study at Millidgeville, Georgia; and
one, the Library Work Shop at the
University of North Carolina.
Miss Naomi Newell is to attend
Columbia for ten weeks to advance
work on her master’s degree. Miss
Martha Glazener, in history, and
Miss. Mary Ann Gatch, in English,
and Principal J. W. Gaddy are go
ing to Wake Forst to forward work
on their master’s degrees.
Six GHS teachers—^Miss Lena
Taylor, Miss Ruby Barrett, Miss
Blandina Ezzell, Miss Janie Ipock,
Mrs. Eliza Cox, and Mr. L. J. Davis
—are attending the Southern Study
from July 28 to August 23.
Miss Cora Fuller Collier will at
tend the Library Work Shop at
Chapel Hill.
Skit, Picnic, and Movie Packed
Into Glorious Senior Class Day
3 Judges To Decide
Winning Senior Essay
Twenty senior: essays are now
under consideration of local judges
to determine the winner of the
Royall Essay prize. The winner will
be announced at Commencement
exercises Wednesday night.
The writers of the essays are:
Hazel Whitley, Bobbie Helms,
Dolores West, Lillian Jenkins, Ed
win Lee, Lessie Mallard, Sally San
born, Jane Broadhurst, Buddy
Crone, Margaret Waters, Kirby
Hart, Mary Hicks, Bertha Shaver,
Marie Belk, Hilda Longest, Mary
Louise Thompson, Bob Mooring,
Hortense Liles, David Andrews, and
Norwood Rouse. ■
The winner last year was “The
Way and the Light,” by Marina
Andrews. In 1939, it was “Jest Look
ing,” by Juanita Hunt.
School Survey Tally
Yields Health Fig ures
The results of the health survey,
recently taken by GHS students,
have been tallied by students of
the second year Biology class.
In answer to the question of be
ing vaccinated for smallpox, 610
answered yes; and 19, no; for
typhoid: yes, 450; no, 162; for diph
theria: yes, 299; no, 236. Five hund
red and sixty students have taken
the tuberculin test of which 218
were positive, and 174 X-rays were
taken by persons with positive re
actions. Three hundred and five
tests were negative; 50 students
have not taken the test.
One hundred and eighty-six stu
dents sleep eight hours; 247 nine
hours; 151 ten hours; 22, more than
ten hours; and 29, less than eight
hours. Four hundred and twelve
students sleep with open windows
and 212 with closed ones. The
amount of milk drunk is: 151 stu
dents, one half pint; 168, one pint;
99, one quart; 37, more than a quart;
and 145, less than one half a pint.
Of all the GHS students 44 use
wine, beer, or whiskey, while 587
do not use alcholic beverage in any
form; 123 use tobacco and 495 do
not. Twenty-six students bathe once
a week; 94, twice a week; 92, three
times; 71, four times; 47, five times;
73, six times; and 212, seven times
per week. At school 356 wash their
hands before lunch, while 571 wash
them before meals at home. One
hundred and sixty-nine students
do not have a personal towel and
bath cloth and 444 do have one.
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Earl Layton, Bertha Shaver, Lillian
Jenkins Planned ’ Farcical Class Day
Skit.
One of* the most important days
for each CJIIS Senior has come and
gone. The spirit of mingled hilarity
and sadness which marked the day
will linger in each mind. From the
moment the curtains parted on the
stage to the moment of the last pic
ture on the movie screen, 173 Sen
iors enjoyed in full Class Day.
In the morning, the farcical skit
was presented. It was the story of
the Seniors’ last picnic aboard a
ship, unfolding the history, pro
phecy, and the last will and testa
ment written by the Class Day
Committee composed of Earl Lay
ton, prophet and chairman, Bertha
Shaver, testator, and Lillian Jen
kins, historian. In the midst of
varied activities, which included a
magnificent real lunch and Pepsis,
songs written by Bobbie Helms, a
game of Truth or Consequences,
cheers led by the cheerleaders, and
songs by some of the class’ song
birds, Lessie Mallard, Mary Louise
Thomson, Susan Mooring, and Eliz
abeth Royall, a group of belliger
ent Freshmen boarded the ship
wiv c, u, i v.'Oi'ds • The Good ohip oi
GHS isi.’t large enough to hold you
and us too.” Following this decla
ration, the Seniors walked the
plank. Throughout the program,
there were frequent interruptions
by a group of Seniors on the first
two rows, which brought forth loud
guffaws from the audience, par
ticularly when the “stooges”
ducked under an umbrella after
Jean Denmark walked the plank.
Following this production the
class piled into cars and motored
merrily away to Tuscarora Lake,
where from one ’till six they ate,
drank soft drinks, and swam, not
to mention getting sunburned.
The climax came when home
ward they trooped and finally ar
rived at the Paramount Theatre
where they were guests of the
management. Four Seniors, Kirby
Hart, Walter Hicks, David An
drews, and Edwin Lee, were the
guest experts on the “Quiz Court”
radio program.
The Reverend J. F. Herbert
**Key To Citizenship**
Baccalaureate Title
Board of Elections
Recently Appointed
Ruth Weil has been appointed
chairman of the Board of Elections
for next year by President Bob
Kemp, at the regular Council meet
ing last Wednesday. Virginia Chris-
tenbury, Margaret Magill, Jack
Cobb, and Ned Hart were named to
serve with her on this committee.
The Reverend J. F. Herbert of
Grace Methodist Church in Wil
mington will deliver the baccalaur
eate sermon to the GHS seniors on
Sunday night at 8 o’clock.
“The Key to Citizenship” will be
the title of his sermon.
Mr. Herbert was educated at
Waffard college, Spartanburg, S.
C., and at The University of Chi
cago. He is a pastor in the North
Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist Church and has served pas
torates in Raleigh, Roxboro, Rock
ingham and is in his second year
of service at Wilmington.
The baccalaureate program is as
follows: Processional: “God of Our
Fathers;” Invocation: The Rever
end W. A. Cade; Hymn, “0 God
Our Help In Ages Past;” Anthem:
“The Shepherd’s Song,” High
School Girls’ Glee Club; Sermon,
“The Key to Citizenship;” Anthem:
“0 Divine Redeemer,” Girls’ Glee
Club; Benediction, The Reverend
Bascom C. Rollins; and Recessional,
“Crown Him With Many Crowns”.
©US Students Voted
For NHS Continuation
By a majority of four to one, GHS
students have voted to continue the
Charles B. Aycock Chapter of the
National Honor Society. A tapping
for new members' will be held some
time during the last three days of
school.
To be eligible for membership in
the organization, a student must
be in the upper third of his class,
and must have superior qualities
with reference to leadership, char
acter, and service.
The National Honor Society was
initiated in GHS in 1932, and a tap
ping has been held annually since
then.
Strangely enough, Seniors, who
generally stand the best chance of
getting into the | society, cast the
most dissenting votes.
DOWN THE HALLS
GLANCES AND
COA\MENTS
Twenty-six girls have completed
the home nursing requirements of
the Red Cross and received their
certificates of graduation after near
ly eight months of study.
To get a taste of what high school
life is like 180 seventh graders were
the guests of GHS students during
their annual Sub-Freshman Day, on
May 19. They were shown the fresh
man classrooms in progress, the
health room, biology museum, art
room, cafeteria, bank, science rooms,
and many other interesting places
in the high school.
A new eleven-volume set of books.
Progress of Nations, has been given
to the GHS library by the Depart
ment of Rehabilitation, Disabled
Veterans of the World War. Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Joseph of Goldsboro have
also given a collection of books to
the library.
To May 16, the GHS library had
circulated 35,748 books, 34,461 pic
tures, clippings, maps, and pamph
lets in the Materials Bureau; and
has spent $960.25 in the library.
Leaders Elected
For Next Year
In 3 Ballotings
Bob Powell and Billy Smithdeal
have been elected to lead the rising
Senior and Sophomore Classes, re
spectively. A third primary was
necessary between Ned Hart and
Junior Bowles, who were running
for president of the rising Junior
Class, and the winner was not
known when the Hi News went to
press.
Other officers elected for the ris
ing Senior Class are: Herbert Bar
bour, vice-president; Lizzie Mae
Adams, secretary; Billy Charlton,
treasurer (elected in the second
ballot); Margaret Jean Thornton,
and Linwood Harrell, cheerleaders.
Other Junior officers are: Pat
Stanley, vice-president; Grace En
nis, secretary; and Bill Sutton (au
tomatically elected) and Vann Lan
caster, cheerleaders.
Officers to serve with the rising
Sophomores are: Ila Mae West,
vice-president: Pearl Privette (au
tomatically elected) secretary; A.'
W. Griffin, Jr., treasurer; and a
revote was held Wednesday be
tween Sally Lee and Theresa Kan-
non for cheerleaders; and Donald
Ward was elected boy cheerleader.
First BaUoting
First ballot results: Rising
Senior Class: president, Bob Powell
47, Gertrude Edgerton, 26, Helen
Denning, 25; vice-president: Her-
'Kiii't-.-LUiboui, 63, l.ols Smith, SV, '
secretary, Lizzie Mae Adams, 47,
Hazel Brady, 43; treasurer: Billy
Charlton, 44, Lyndon Hart, 29,
Frank Broadhurst, 23; cheerlead
ers: Margaret Jean Thornton, 49,
Agnes Hallow, 48, Linwood Harrell,
63, Dees Pollock, 41.
Rising Junior Class: president,
Ned Hart, 39, Junior Bowles, 28;
Dorothy Loftin, 23, Margaret Holt,
17; vice-president, George Riven-
bark, 51, Pat Stanley, 51; secretary,
Grace Ennis, 63, Mary Elizabeth
Horton, 39; treasurer, “Skinny”
Ellis, 68, Justyne Barbour, 34;
cheerleaders, Vann Lancaster, 69,
Betsy Yelverton, 31, Bill Sutton
(automatically elected).
Rising Sophomore Class: presi
dent, Billy Smithdeal, 58, Hilda
Blalock, 47; vice-president, Ila Mae
West, 56, Harriett Riley, 48; sec
retary, Pearl Privette (automatic
ally elected); treasurer, A. W. Grif
fin, Jr., 61, Marie Crone, 43; Sally
Lee, 26, Joyce Waters, 21, Theresa
Kannon, 29, Ann Thompson, 9, Peg
gy Roberts, 5, Donald Ward, 76,
and Bruce Parrish, 28, all running
for cheerleader.
Second Balloting
Second ballot results: Rising
Senior president. Bob Powell, 40,
Gertrude Edgerton, 25; treasurer,
Billy Charlton, 41, Lyndon Hart,
23; rising Junior Class: President,
Ned Hart, 28, Junior Bowles, 22,
Dorothy Loftin, 16; vice-president,
Pat Stanley, 35, George Rivenbark,
31. Rising Sophomore Class, cheer
leader Theresa Kannon, 35, Sally
Lee, 22, Joyce Waters, 18.
Very informal campaigning was
carried on during lunch time and
other off-class time.
Committees working on the class
elections were: Board of Elections,
Edwin Lee, chairman, Ruth Weil,
Frank Roberts, Bob Kemp, and
Jane Broadhurst.
SA Nominating Committee, Hel
en Bissette, chairman, Margaret
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